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After getting the news, Yamamoto 56 sarcastically said, "So many planes are pressing on the small Jeju Island, I'm afraid that Jeju Island is in danger of sinking!"

At the same time, the naval intelligence war between China and Japan has also taken the lead.

Lu Zhonglin, the Minister of Operations of the Imperial Navy, hoped that the intelligence department would pay close attention to the strategic movements of the Japanese army. The telecommunications monitoring station of the intelligence department of the Beiyang Fleet carried out extremely difficult code-breaking work.

The stationmaster of this station is Dai Li.Although Dai Li is young, he is known as the "Master of Magic". He once studied in Japan and is an out-and-out Japanese expert. deciphering work.

Dai Li assured Lu Zhonglin that in the war against Japan, the Chinese naval fleet would never lack intelligence.

Since then, he and his subordinates, dozens of radio monitors, code breakers, translators and intelligence analysts, have worked day and night in the basement of the 14th Naval District Command Building in the heavily guarded Weihai Naval Port. Isolated from the rest of the world, the working hours were as high as eighty or ninety hours a week, and 90% of the Japanese Navy's telecommunication communications were intercepted by them.

The code-named JN-25B password used by the Japanese Navy at this time, the main password of the password system is composed of 4.5 five-digit digital groups. When the sender adds any set of garbled numbers.One of the groups told the recipients the number of pages and segments of the cipherbook to use, and the random number group was often changed, but the master cipher was basically unchanged, which greatly facilitated Dai Li's deciphering work.

Especially in May of this year, Japan sank a warship in the Philippine waters during a naval battle with Australia. China immediately sent frogmen to dive into the seabed and accidentally salvaged the JN-5B codebook, which made Dai Li's deciphering work a success. A leap forward has been made, so far, China has been able to understand most of the communication secrets of the Japanese Navy.

Fortunately, the Japanese army originally planned to use the new JN-25C code. Due to the rapid development of the Japanese army in the Pacific Ocean, the occupied area is very vast. Therefore, the Japanese army delayed the launch of the new code, which made it necessary for the Japanese army to use the old code for a large number of telecommunication exchanges during the preparations for operations on Jeju Island.

On June 6, Dai Li intercepted and basically deciphered the long message sent by the commander of the United Fleet to each unit, and mastered the Japanese army's combat plan. However, because the Japanese army always used AF as the code name of the campaign target, it was still impossible to determine where the Japanese army was attacking. Target.However, according to the naming habits of Japanese telegraphs, Dai Li firmly believed that AF was Jeju Island.Dai Li, who has an excellent memory, also found a recent Japanese military telegram from the vast sea of ​​telegrams. The telegram required the seaplane to take off from the Marshall Islands, receive fuel supplies from the submarine at Frigate Coral Reef, and then fly to Hewu Naval Port. , the message also mentioned that we should pay attention to avoiding aerial reconnaissance from AF, and analyzing AF from the map can only be Jeju Island!

In the 17th Command of the Weihai Navy, Lin Jianzhang, Chief of Staff of the Imperial Navy, is holding an important military meeting.

"Has all the Japanese fleet been dispatched? Can Jeju Island be held? Have we taken corresponding measures? Where is the nearest unit of the local fleet?" Questions hit Lin Jianzhang's head like a string of cannonballs.

"Everyone be quiet!" Lin Jianzhang's voice was loud, and he slammed on the table. It was obvious that he was very anxious at this time.He tried his best to calm his mind, and then said: "According to our information, the Japanese have dispatched the entire main fleet, and they are bound to capture Jeju Island. The strongest battleship Yamato and others have also disappeared. Our surface reconnaissance forces are searching hard, but they have not found each other. I think they may be waiting to turn around somewhere that is inevitable. Most likely, in Java The first line, because there is their base support there. But it does not rule out the waters of the Philippines."

Lin Jianzhang paused for a moment, and then said: "As for the number of fleets, due to the sudden action of the Japanese, our fleet has not been fully prepared. The main force of the Beiyang Fleet is about to arrive at Jeju Island, but the Nanyang Fleet is still at sea. We are rushing on the road, so I suggest to wait until our fleet is completely concentrated before launching an offensive against the Japanese. In this way, our losses will be much smaller."

"No! Absolutely not! Because then we will have no time. The Japanese have already controlled the southern and eastern waters of the Pacific Ocean, which has become a hunting area for Japanese warships. We must rush before the Japanese reach Jeju Island, Use our overwhelming advantage to eliminate each other in one fell swoop. First of all, we must seize the sea control of the southern coast of North Korea, especially the sea control of the sea route facing Japan. This route is very important to us, so I ask you to take advantage of the Japanese navy's unstable foothold , Before arriving, divide the troops into two groups, one to resist the attack of the Japanese fleet, and the other to launch an attack on the western islands of Japan and severely damage the enemy's military port." Ye Zugui, the head of the naval equipment department, insisted on his own opinion.

Resurgence: World War II Chapter 554 Find the target, attack!

"However, if the Beiyang Fleet attacks in two directions, our forces will be dispersed, and our warships will suffer heavy losses." Deng Shichang, deputy chief of staff of the Ministry of the Navy, immediately took over the other party's words.

The meeting room fell into silence again. The key now is to grasp the route of the Japanese fleet's attack. Before this information is obtained, everything is empty talk.

At this moment, Dai Li came to the conference room and put the Japanese Navy telegram that had just been deciphered on the conference table.Sure enough, as Lin Jianzhang expected, the Japanese navy did not choose to directly attack Jeju Island, but first detoured south to the Philippine Sea, and then suddenly accelerated northward to Jeju Island.Current intelligence shows that the combined Japanese fleet is less than half a day away from Jeju Island!

"There is no time to discuss too much. I ordered the Beiyang Fleet to sail towards Jeju Island at an accelerated speed. It must arrive there before the arrival of the Japanese combined fleet. After the Nanyang Fleet arrived in the East China Sea, it will be divided into two and one to support the naval battle of Jeju Island. One will attack the military port in western Japan." Lin Jianzhang issued the final order.

"Yes!"

On the one hand, the main force of the Beiyang Fleet rushed to Jeju Island at full speed, and on the other hand, the Third Imperial Submarine Brigade has quietly scouted the Japanese fleet in the southern waters.

"How far are we from our first destination, Jeju Island?" In the cabin of the extremely luxurious Yamato battleship built.Navy Minister Yamamoto 56 asked Lieutenant General Takasu Shiro, his staff officer, while drinking sake.

"General, we will reach the waters of Jeju Island in 70 nautical miles!" Standing aside, Takasu Shiro did not dare to neglect, paused, and then said: "Your Excellency, I really don't understand, it only takes [-] miles to get there from Nagasaki. In the sea, it’s only half a day’s journey. Why do you have to stay outside for two days, and come here after a big circle around the Pacific Ocean, and the submarine hunters have to seal the route along the way? I think this is a bit too careful, after all, the Pacific Ocean The central part is still our territory, and it is very difficult for the Chinese to detect our intentions in such a short period of time. Besides, the enemy would never have thought that we would choose this path." He smiled slightly at this point.

"No! Takasu-kun." Hearing what the other party said, Yamamoto waved his hand slightly: "Sometimes things are not what you think. You know, the Chinese spy agencies and maritime investigation capabilities are very powerful. I guess the size of the other party The fleet should be waiting for our arrival somewhere at this time. Especially their aircraft carrier formation is the trump card of the Chinese." He suddenly raised his head when he said this: "By the way, the trace of the other party's aircraft carrier has not been found yet. Is it?"

"No sir." Takasu Shiro shook his head slightly, "According to the information just obtained, the Chinese aircraft carriers are not in the Weihai Navy Port, Hainan Jungang, or Fujian Military Port. At the same time, there are also Zhonghua-class battleships missing. But We haven’t seen any of these ships leaving the port in the past month. However, there are reports that the Chinese have recently widened the wharves in Wusong Port and Zhoushan Port, and there have been more and more oil tankers heading there recently, so I suspect that they are hiding there. It’s just that , where the Chinese have strengthened their vigilance, so our spies cannot infiltrate, nor can we thoroughly ascertain the exact information.”

"Understood! Then what we need to pay attention to now is the Chinese submarines." Yamamoto nodded slightly, then he suddenly raised his head and said loudly: "You tell me the commander of the submarine hunting team immediately, call their The warships are lined up on both wings and the front of the joint fleet. In addition, the anti-submarine nets are lowered. In short, I don’t want our fleet to be discovered by the other party here.” Speaking of this, Yamamoto shook his fist heavily.

"Before arriving at Jeju Island, all our fleets must maintain radio silence and communication control. In short, I don't want any news to be leaked! Do you understand?" Yamamoto suddenly became extremely severe.

Taking advantage of the gray weather in the evening, a huge Beiyang Fleet entered the naval port of Jeju Island.At the same time, Lin Tai, the commander in charge of this operation, sent a large number of submarines to cruise near the southern part of Jeju Island, but he did not find the Japanese fleet mentioned in the intelligence, so he immediately shifted his target to the depths of the southern waters, A large number of submarines and aircraft began to conduct large-scale reconnaissance along the waters from Jeju Island to the Philippines.But they found no trace of each other at all.

Lin Taizeng was a little bit at a loss, and immediately issued an order, requiring all submarine forces operating in the nearby waters to immediately find out the specific whereabouts of this huge fleet.Soon the order was sent by radio.So the guerrilla sea wolves near the Pacific Rim immediately acted and searched the entire sea area with a dragnet.However, due to the large area around the sea area and the relatively small number of submarines, after searching for a period of time, no clues were found.Faced with this situation, Lin Tai once fell into fear. He was worried that the intelligence was wrong. The Japanese navy did not go to Jeju Island at all, but went straight to a weakly defended area along the coast of China. In that case, the matter would be too serious. .

But at this moment, an unexpected discovery came.Not long ago, a submarine named Shark Hunter, which had just entered into service for the first time to participate in a combat patrol mission, was hastily sailing out of the Wusong Port exit to perform reconnaissance missions near the southern islands.They are going to replace the Blue Whale that is performing the blockade mission there.After sailing out of the military port, the boat began to dive, and at the same time turned off the engine, and drove south quietly with the help of ocean currents.

When traveling to an area 60 nautical miles away from Jeju Island, the boat's radar found several small spots.The distance from these points is about 75 nautical miles at a slow speed of 6 knots per hour.Seeing this situation, the captain immediately ordered to speed up and leaned up quietly.After three hours of chasing, they finally found the trace of the other party.This is a small escort formation, with a total of six cruise ships, but it is escorted by eight destroyers, and it is playing the plaster flag!

Obviously, in the eyes of the Shark Hunter, this was a big prey, so he immediately ordered his submarine to continue diving, and then quietly touched the opponent, preparing to grab a vote.They traveled around the Japanese warship for more than half an hour, and finally caught the fighter.It's a pity that because the Shark Hunter was still a novice, she was overly nervous during the battle, so when they were preparing to shoot, a Japanese destroyer suddenly turned its bow and rushed towards them.

"Damn, I was discovered by the other party!" The Chinese captain shook his fist heavily. "Dive urgently, I don't want to be hit by the opponent's depth charges!" He said while knocking on the head of the * operator.

Soon the submarine sank rapidly, and did not stop until it descended to a depth of 80 meters.Now all the people in the submarine stopped moving, and they looked over their heads very carefully.Waiting for the dense depth charges to drop from the sea.Fortunately for them, however, their submarine took correct evasive action.So the Japanese destroyers lacking sonar did not find the submarine, and of course they did not drop depth charges.However, the destroyer still cruised for a long time before leaving slowly.When the Shark Hunter surfaced from the deep sea, there was only an empty sea in front of him.

"Chase!" The captain gave the order decisively. After all, it would be a pity for him to slip away from such a piece of fat, so they turned on the radar and continued to chase according to the marked position.

In this way, after an hour of chasing, the submarine finally caught up with the opponent's fleet near Jeju Island.However, to the surprise of the Shark Hunter, they found countless bright spots through the radar.So the captain immediately ordered the submarine to quietly follow the cruise ship and get up.Outside the anti-submarine net set up by the opponent, through the periscope, he found countless big guys leaning against the north, that is, the direction of Jeju Island, "We hit the Japanese combined fleet! They are in the southeast of Jeju Island !"

Immediately after receiving the news, Lin Taizeng sent the Beiyang Fleet to assemble in that direction, and at the same time called the Ministry of Air Force, requesting air support from the air forces staying in North Korea.In addition to the threat of Chinese submarines under the water, it is not calm in the sky.

Just when the Japanese combined fleet entered the waters near Jeju Island, the two large airports in Seoul and Incheon, located in the south of North Korea, were busy.Both sides of the airport are full of various Chinese combat aircraft.The ground crew is quickly installing heavy bombs on the plane.Twenty or ten minutes later, hundreds of various dive bombers and fighter jets entered the take-off position, and the Chinese Air Force waited for the take-off order with rare uneasiness and nervousness.

"How's the preparation going?" Fu Chongguang, commander of the Tenth Air Force, who was in charge of the bombing command mission, came to the control tower of Seoul Airport in a black car.There is the temporary headquarters of the Chinese bomber wing. Through the glass window of the tower, Fu Chongguang can clearly see the operation of every plane on the ground.

"Report to the army commander, everything is ready, and the fighter plane is ready to depart at any time!" The wing leader reported loudly to his officer. "However, according to the information just received, the Japanese fleet has deviated about 30 nautical miles to the left. Our fighter jets have insufficient range to guarantee the safety of the bombers. So I suggest that this suicide-like behavior should be stopped."

"This is an order from the headquarters, not my personal suggestion." Fu Chongguang waved his hand, "Our task is to delay the other party, not eliminate the other party, and we only need to harass the other party as much as possible. Of course, we can get results Words are the best. Anyway, we are not the protagonists this time." After speaking, he swung his arms heavily: "Let's all go!"

At [-]:[-] in the morning, the formation of Chinese Lanxiang dive bombers and Sirius bombers respectively took off from Seoul Airport under the command of Fu Chongguang. After gathering in the air above the airport, they flew towards the predetermined course.The other two tactical flight wings commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Malanyu took off from Incheon Airport. They joined up with the other two wings in the air. Under the guidance of the Japanese army, they finally found the Japanese fleet that was sailing.

Resurgence: World War II Chapter 555 Air raids

"Captain! Enemy aircraft, the direction is 70 degrees to starboard, and the number is 70!" The air observer on the battleship "Hyuga" in charge of peripheral security said loudly from the mast to the commander Takasu Shiro on the bridge.

"First-level alert, enter combat preparations." Takasu Shiro said expressionlessly.

The soldiers on the ship immediately got busy, loading boxes of bullets onto the deck, while the sailors began to work on the two machine guns erected near the bridge.Seeing this situation, Takasu Shiro shook his head. The mission of the garrison fleet is anti-submarine rather than air defense. It is difficult to deal with such a large flying bombing team with only two quadruple machine guns. "Send power to the Yamato, tell them that we have encountered an air strike from the Chinese, and ask for immediate reinforcements!"

After receiving the news, the light cruiser fleet of the Sendai, which was in charge of the periphery, received an order from Yamamoto and immediately moved closer to this side.

"Found the prey! Found the prey!" At this time, the command plane saw the turning guard fleet, and immediately used the communicator to convey an order to the aircraft formation under his command: "Attention, attention, all enter the dive route, follow me! Follow me! After speaking, the nose of the plane was pulled, and the huge and seemingly clumsy big-headed fly made a dexterous rollover in the air, and then dived towards a Japanese warship at high speed.

"The enemy is diving! Fire! Fire!" I saw one Chinese plane after another roaring down.Takasu Shiro's adrenaline began to soar rapidly.

"Bang!" A ship-mounted 4.7-inch gun next to him fired into the air, and then the anti-aircraft machine guns also began to roar, and soon the artillery of other warships also started firing, and the time-delayed shells exploded black flowers in the air. , while a shuttle of tracer bullets intertwined in it, spreading out a gorgeous big net in the sky.Obviously, the Japanese warships wanted to use this kind of artillery fire to scare the enemy planes, at least to force the Chinese bombers to fail to drop bombs accurately.

But they are wrong.Faced with this kind of crazy air-to-air attack, the Chinese are very sophisticated. After all, many of them have participated in countless air-to-sea combat exercises, so it is commonplace to deal with this kind of defense.Under the command of Fu Chongguang, the first batch of Bluebirds to attack deftly penetrated the enemy's fierce anti-aircraft firepower net, descended rapidly towards their own target, and opened the bomb bay at the same time.Two huge water jets rose from both sides of the cruiser "Sawauchi" flying the flag of the squadron, and the cruiser stopped immediately.Then a 500-kilogram bomb exploded on the sea surface very close to the "Sichuanuchi". The violent shock wave damaged two turrets and tore one side of the ship's side, causing many water leaks inside the ship.However, due to the strong partition of the ship's cabin, the ship did not sink, but it could only break away from the formation.

Then Fu Chongguang aimed at the cruiser "Ayanami" which was doing evasive actions.Two Falcon planes swooped in and dropped two bombs directly on the towering bridge of the warship. The beautiful bridge was immediately submerged in a sea of ​​flames, and Captain Jiang Lanzhi was bombed on the spot. died, and the power system of the entire warship stopped immediately.

Several three-aircraft formations immediately seized this fighter, and after circling several circles in the sky, they continued to attack the warship. The "Ayanami" was hit by several bombs again, and a fire ignited on the right side of the deck. Suddenly, the fire spread to the entire deck. After 10 minutes, it turned around slowly, an explosion occurred inside the hull, and it quickly sank to the bottom of the sea. It was terminated before seeing the horizon of Jeju Island.

The air strike lasted for 10 minutes. By the time the Japanese carrier-based planes slowly arrived, the Chinese planes had already left, while the wreckage of four destroyers and a cruiser were left on the icy sea. Of course, for the United Fleet That said, this battle is just the beginning.

Although this bombing did not cause serious losses to the Japanese main fleet, it greatly affected its advancing speed.In addition, the mental impact is also very large.After all, this kind of thing flying in the sky can appear anytime and anywhere, God knows when it will suddenly appear again.

Depressed Yamamoto did not expect that the huge combined fleet had lost five warships at a time before reaching Jeju Island. A decision was made, that is, the entire fleet continued to sail westward to get rid of the maximum range of the opponent's bombers.Then turn back to the east and march into Jeju Island again. At the same time, the carrier-based fighter jets are ordered to expand the cruising range, increase the number of attacks, and block the Chinese air force as much as possible.In this way, the United Fleet turned again, all turned to the right rudder, and soon deviated from the original route and headed northwest.

Yamamoto never dreamed that the changes he made would be discovered by the Chinese immediately. Telegrams from submarines and reconnaissance planes were sent out one after another. Zeng's hands.Lin Taizeng seemed very satisfied when he saw this report on the enemy's situation. After all, all the enemy's movements are within his expectations. After all, changing the course of Yamamoto will increase the original voyage.In this way, a lot of time will be wasted, and your own troops can better grab a favorable position and take the initiative.And now the main force of the Beiyang Fleet has sailed out of the East China Sea and is moving towards Jeju Island at high speed.

"The fleet changed its course and headed southwest to fully meet the opponent's fleet!" Lin Tai once thought that the time was right, so he decisively issued an order to fight.

At 7 a.m. on July 1, the Beiyang Fleet began to change course, and all warships headed southeast. As a result, the two armies were almost in full-scale high-speed confrontation, and Yamamoto was still ignorant of this matter. .Of course, according to the position report indicated by the submarine and the aircraft, Lin Tai thought that if he continued to maintain this state, he would be able to launch an air attack on the enemy fleet in the afternoon of the day after tomorrow.So he immediately sent electricity to the Ministry of the Navy, put forward his own views, and once again asked the reconnaissance force to be more detailed in the reconnaissance of the combined fleet, so that he could correctly judge the opponent's movements, so that he could grasp the opponent's movements more accurately.